Children's Fiction, General

Hattie and the Fox

Name: Hattie and the Fox
Author: Mem Fox
ISBN: 9780027354706

by Mem Fox, Patricia Mullins (Illustrator), Patricia Mullens

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Synopsis

Hattie the Hen spots danger — but the goose and the pig and the sheep and the horse and the cow don't seem to care!

Young children will enjoy happy shivers of anticipation as this cumulative tale builds, and they'll be delighted by the final surprise, when everyone sees that what Hattie has been saying is true!

Publishers Weekly

A hen warns her apathetic colleagues of a fox; according to PW , ``Fox builds the suspense in this cumulative tale with precise pacing. Mullins uses tissue-paper collage to create an unusual effect, both fuzzy and comic.'' Ages 4-7. (Sept.)

About the Author, Mem Fox

Mem Fox went to the International Reading Association Conference in Hong Kong in 1984. After a lively session that analyzed material that made reading easy for little children, even pre-schoolers, she awoke with a "head full of ideas" and wrote Hattie and the Fox.

Mem Fox is well known in Australia, where she and her family live, for her children's books including Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge and Possum Magic.